Legal Opinion

Bourgeois v. Fairground Corp.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 11, 1985No. CA-3533PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

480 So.2d 408 (1985)

Lynn BOURGEOIS

v.

FAIRGROUND CORPORATION and American Totalisator.

No. CA-3533.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 11, 1985.

John A.E. Davidson, Gilbert F. Ganucheau, Jr., Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

H. Sloan McCloskey, Robert E. Tarcza, Baldwin & Haspel, Louis J. Roussel, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and CIACCIO, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

Lynn Bourgeois appeals a summary judgment which denied his right to collect a racehorse bet due to a faulty tote machine. No other case has presented this question.

Bourgeois attempted to buy a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Thompson v. South Central Bell Tel. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. Holberg v. Westchester Racing Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Oregon Racing Commission v. Multnomah Kennel ClubOregon Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Hochberg v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Shapiro v. Queens County Jockey ClubCity of New York Municipal Court · 1945

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Aguimatang v. California State LotteryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  2. Register v. Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  3. DePasquale v. Ogden Suffolk Downs, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
  4. Brown v. California State Lottery CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  5. Hochhalter v. Dakota Race ManagementNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994

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